CPS ‘lunchroom style’ cookies full of flavor, memories for many

CHICAGO — The holidays are a great excuse to indulge in all of your favorite cookie flavors and there’s one in particular that has a cult-like following in Chicago.

“Lunchroom style” cookies contain a lot of flavor and memories for many former Chicago Public School students.

The cookies debuted in CPS lunchrooms sometime during the 1960s. A quick Google search for “CPS butter cookie” produces several dozen hits filled with blog posts and YouTube tutorials of Chicagoans trying to nail that original recipe.